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Show V, & DESERET 4y rngYlgpi HM'fc'iTCrti NEWS, Saturday, December Hack fililier .(. m'i'iT"inc.' Mil tno 5 m 2 f.j. rntmtrn jtiiwyirjnr 7, 1968 y ! iiiiiiiiiiiinitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii The Writers SpikeTitle Tonight Ags T ry WU Five Hurt Baseball? By NICK YLNGICH Deseret News Sports Writer By NORM SHEYA Deseret News Sports Writei "Thats true, isnt it Ben, that sports writers baseball by taking all the fun out of it! OGDEN -- Just when it looked like Utah never win a basketball one of memory. 58-4- lowed by finally running in half to crush tiie second If the scores apNevada pear microscopic, it wasn't particularly a defensive plus. The four teams shot a combined 40.5 per cent . . . committed an aggregate 71 turnovers. 75-5- BIG BOARD BULGE 'yv 'YY T t ' C.'aT ? 'f f r- Ar -- Y' ; rl" y ;; - - . y-- ; - a , Y Y jF ,y ' - y Y5?' I w vVy-i- :r '.v' i&v 'rY ' Y; V :. '"V :v. j 4 - Y 7 ; b. Photo by Deseret News photographer O. Its ridiculous, Herman hummed. You never, in all your days," saw a strike called shoulder. high. Most arm-ppitches are balls." You never went so low as the knees. So telling the umpire what the zone is has never made too much !of it Wa.lace Kasteier Ute Jim Mahler eyes ball along with Huskies Rafael Stone (22) and Dave West (30). j - Credit Gardner with a stroke brilliance in starling Bob Sojourner, hustling on the boards, hit 10 of Weber's 16 points in this , stretch. The young giant been 235) might have pinched or pushed (or threatened by offensive rebounds. Martin tailed off and ended witii 16 while Gardner finished (6-9- Johnson) but he opened up with three straight rebound baskets, a short jumper anj a pair of free pitches. After Willie (with the help of Berghs offensive rebounding) ignited Weber, Justus Thigpen edged into the heroics. It was in this tournament last year that Thigpen came off the bench, sparked Weber to wins over Indiana State 0 ' I watched big Harm hurt that horsehide at the Cottonwood Mall in some of his demonstra- tions Thursday night. You could tell which ones went over the fence. Harmon was not too busy to talk baseball especially to kids who wanted help with stance. If they make a kinder man than llarmon Killebrew they ought to save the mold. Hes one of those rare beings who has time for young people. He might get a little of that at home with five of them. and and Louisiana Southwestern ended with a starting berth as well as Webers scoring leadership. WHO WILL SHOOT? While Webers defense was better than average, Nevada's offense was nothing to behold. At a session prior to the tournament, Nevada coach Spencer said, "We have three JC transfers who led their teams in scoring. Then we have Alex Boyd who scored 27 per game for us last year. Our offense is difficult to describe. Often I dont know what is going to happen, who will shoot. press-hobno- play. Walt Hawkins got the call and donated a passable performance. There's still reason to believe' See UTES on Page A 6, Flips The Ball At You . The Killebrew "Power Stance" machine, as he calls it, is a splendid device for back-yarbatting or for the basement. It forces you to take that little front-foo- t step into the ball. "Whats the thumb rule of good hitting?" one hitter. tyke asked the great home-ru1 d Keep your eye on that ball. And when you get bigger and ready to try for the first pro teams you will have the basic ingredient for success at concentration! hitting Friday's Re?u'i 'Utah 2, Washington 7. . Prppnjpine 5f Idaho State -(JclA 4. Ohio State 7). 'Illinois SI. 9. Ioj1 47. 'tt-vao- Marys (Te.) Ht Worr:na icae .KfcSCnVifle o. F'nr oa 5 ,' 51 O kofa Southern tQ3. Okahc,ria 14. Yoedo 8? Mch can 74 M.chroan State 80, west. Michigan 71. . $Mn Co'oaie .Fay'Dr. 8 Vpvoia iLa.) 88 S.w. Louisiana 75 Cincinnati ' C'eloMor 75, SI 83 N r. f7. Sr Uoooesnf JoMns (NY) P ti; tU'Qh 59 Westminster 5? OA stae lil V arm (Fla a ,rare j La Tccn 73 Cavpfi JC 49, Ric.s Ccicve 57. p'or W. Wener .'5, S.vda Ease n vomna Cooado Sae U San Francisco S:a use Or jt I (in U n 42 a 2. 4. 57 toe ?8 4j. Wesmintter Pacift Q 7 San FranC'SCo 54 Nebraska e7 a sur- prise with his surprise Friday when he returned from Las Vegas and National AAU Friday's College Cage Results . womens track championships were without an arena. Meyer put in his bid and added the gals meet to the guys. By NICK YENCICH Dan Meyer brought Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) directors' convention. Salt Lake City and the Salt Palace lias two AAU track championships. Thurs- Meyer, owner of the Salt Like Golden Eagles hockey team, flew to Las Vegas Tlnusday, hoping to get the bid lor the February 1970 tr.n-meet. He out talked a boost Philadelphia, go! when San Diego withdrew and returned as guarantoer of the day the Salt Lake County Civic Auditorium had declined to obligate itself financially to back the meet. The Sait Lake Area Chamber of of Commerce hold off obligating itself because no assurance was given there would lie lighting inside for color television. games. On the Ode Mover pirked up Ills sni p: c. TEA, 1HT0 AAU New Photographer Steve Parker So now Don Meyer . . . he'll back traejj Meyer made his sunosful picsentation on behalf of Salt And so it was Friday. The "0" was and everyone tried to gun. . . LinBoyd hit 15 points coln Williams was the only Nevadan to shoot well fielders) and he led with 16 points. run-gu- (8-1- Popperdine's zone defense shackled Idaho State in the first half, then the Bengals See WEBER, Page 6 uys - Gals Lake City. Hell be the r, minthe $22,500 put up imum. Likely the cost will run to $50,000, but minimum guarantee covers athlete transportation. b vVolfpack Control the beards, control the game . . . and Weber did! WSC center Willie Sojourner (35) grabs for ball while teammate Larry Bergh paws for it. Three Nevada players (Larry Baker, 51, Alex Boyd, 33, and Bill Penaluna, 23) stand anchored to the floor. Deseret News Shirts Writer Harmon had to hurry off to Minneapolis on a late plane. Next time in town Ill join you and Herman for ducks, Harmon said. Ben would like that. Maybe get more action .than hes been getting! - . Photo by Deseret AAU Trask: n 1:15 into th sec- 34-3- 2 REBOUNDING EDGE Coach Gardner was pleased with the rebounding edge and felt the Ute defense may have explained the poor shooting per- -' centage of the Huskies. Jay Bond, a center, was the only 'Huskie that hit the hoop with nine for 15 any consistency Jrom the field and 27 points, "We are happy with this one," Gardner admitted. "Maybe now we can get some confidence. "We figured that this would be the best club we had met so far, but they didnt shoot well. We like to credit our defense with most of that, Jack concluded, Gardner tried a little of everything. With 12 minutes left in the first half, the Utes tried the full court press and the Huskies panicked and threw it away twice. The Utes flirted briefly with foul trouble. Ken Gardner was whistled for his fourth with 15:05 to play and Joe English, the only true veteran on the roster. left with five with 12:15 to Harmon Killebrew of Minnesota Twins fame might have agreed with Herman and then again he might not have. ' .Harmon was in town for public appearances with a new gadget which bears his name, a batting device which pitches the balls up to the hitter. sparring a 50-3- 13. Hurts That Horsehide Weber-Nevad- ond half. Then the Wolfpack of Jack Spencer turned sheep. For one 4:17 stretch, then another 2:57 period, Nevada didn't hit a point. From the 18. !5 mark to the 10:23 point, lead to Weber enlarged a inter-jmissio- with 20 and high-poihonors.! But Gardner's 17 rebounds was impressive. Mike Newlin added Better still, they ought to quit tampering with baseball, leave it alone. Like I said, they have restricted with it so much now theyve taken all the fun out of the game. Hermans right, even if Ben doesnt agree. Maybe its the old case of the camel. Someone said the camel is what was created by a committee named to make a horse. 1 ... The Meanwhile sophomore forward Ken Gardner was climbing all over the boards for nine umpire calls them too thick anyway. This would draw him in a little. It would offer better strikes to hit,'- too. The WSC downcourt. . teachers were vociferously advocating their students and to get the lead out the ball down court . . . post haste! Johnson was most pleased with Webers defense as well as the offensive rebounding. match lasted 0 If they want to do something for the batter they should narrow the plate, Herman said. The .. ing He also offered, not too happily. "but the offense has a long way to go." TOOTHLESS WOLVES jMartin at guard for the first time this year., Martin, stocky junior guard, scored 12 points in the first 20 minutes. matter. Weber when But 35. snagged the caroms, (total of 56). the fastbreak failed to materialize. A frequent picture was Weber coach JohnGene and assistant son Visscher standing and point- Winter concurred that the Utes wrapped it up in the last 10 minutes of the first half when the Huskies went 7:30 without a field goal and the Redskins ran a by margin to 48-3- 2 Weber's biggest bulge over Nevada was on the boards. and Willie Sojourner (15) Larry Bergh (14) almost equaled Nevadas board total of mur-jdere- 20-1- 9 9 Pepperdine zoned Idaho State out of the tourney openWeber foler Friday, We were tight never did, relax, Winter confessed in the post mortem. "They won it m d the first half when they us on the backboards. that the batters, when Iioger Maris was after the home-ru- n title several seasons ago, were having all the advantages. So baseball enlarged the strike zone to help the pitcher. Now they have, cut the strike zone to help the batter. meet Pepperdine p.m. in the finals of the third annual Libns meet. Idaho State in the and Nevada square-of- f consolation game at 7 p.m. in the Weber gym. Hopefully the ciowd will be better than Friday's disappointing, 1,906. tonight, 92-8- We said second-tim- e entrant 82-6- Now what happens. You throw at a batter and the other manager has his pitcher throw at yours. Instead of having a fist fight, or an argument, you have a conference. You are told that it will stop and it does. We used to have one good fist fight a week. Now weve turned that over to hockey and they have the packed houses. Spike hosts Weber tourney Golden and 82-7- 4 No Fight; Just A Conference Johnson ... j Maybe Huskie boosters can find some solace in the fact that this was the opener and their first time out for Winter, who came to Washington after a successful 15 years at Kansas State. You know, a new system and all. Phil says Pepperdine will cause but it appears trouble Webers toughest task will be have hurt Herman Franks, veteran baseball manager, imight along came Washington. igame couch, player asked his There were Ute fans those big black Labrador a little low after two feeling hunting dog as we opening losses to Oregon and waited for ducks in old Stanford, but there are 4.591 Redskin rooters who have symBlind 13. "Ben was polite pathy in their hearts today for and didnt bark back. iTex Winter' and his Washington Huskies. Why should he get Utah's sophomore studded thrown out of the game the visiting lineup thumped for taking sides! Huskies "But thats true," the worstFriday night in one of shooting exhibitions The jsince Lee Marvin said. Herman did his thing writers see a rough jin Cat Ballou. edge so they editorialIt was worse than the final ize about it. Someone would indicate. tally in baseball thinks it is iWith 1:11 remining Utah had it WU scored three straight a way to improve the field goals in the last 50 seconds game so they legislate to make it respectable. a new regulation or re- striction. IiCo Durocher There's every reason to believe that Utah State can win its What we have now is the game so polished in first game tonight as .the every way there are none of the interesting old Huskies move north. USU coach rough spots left." LaDell Andersen and two assisof one been had trained by Herman Franks tants watched Fridays play and the masters in motion Leo Durocher. It was nattheir strategy could conceivably ,be . . . "Let em shoot. ural, then, that he see baseball in the Durocher way. In fact as the two of us were talking and Ben Utah meanwhile hosts Kent was waiting for some action with the ducks, Leo State, 8 p.m. And dont you beDurochers name popped up. lieve this 's a preseason patsy. Kent State upset Arizona State Imagine Leo staying in the dugout in those Thursday olden days. He was famous for having his pitchers in Tempe, "dust a man. He didnt want to hurt him just night. HUSKIE OPENER harass him. j A-- guar-antee- Meyer said as financial backer, his position will he to lead the event. "This is a business venture, and it must be run as such. I dont expect to make money, said Meyer, but it would take only a halfgale (around 5.500 people) each night to break even. "I made the bid to boost 'be city and the Salt Palace. The frai't ciampioml)ips win help Ivnfll Moviir CHRISTMAS SHOP'' Cottonwood Moll TONIGHT 611 BK V Drive the NEW" 1968 VOLKSWAGEN Today . . . With AUTOMATIC Stick Shift!!! VOLKSWAGEN INTERMOUNTAIN 2033 PH. tU6-2- W South Main m L |